Kwanzaa Brings Seven Days of Reflection and Culture
Kwanzaa celebrates more than African heritage, it represents a focus on life improvement. That according to Cookeville-Putnam NAACP Branch Secretary Geeta McMillan. McMillan said Maulana Karenga, professor at California State Long Beach, brought Kwanzaa to the United States on the heals of major civil rights unrest in 1966. Karenga wanted to connect the African American […]
First Presbyterian Civil Rights Class Has Strong Turnout
A diverse group of community members attended the first of four Race, Racism, and Civil Rights classes at Cookeville’s First Presbyterian Church Tuesday evening. Tennessee Tech Senior Executive for Access, Belonging, and Community Outreach Dr. Robert Owens taught the class. He said the course unpacks race and racism from both an individual and systemic perspective. […]
Tech Professor: JFK’s Assassination Shaped A Generation, Offers Lessons
The assassination of John F. Kennedy 60 years ago Wednesday shaped a generation and still cultivates perspective. That according to Tennessee Tech history professor Dr. Krystal Akehinmi. Akehinmi said when she asks, people who were alive in the 1960s can almost always tell her where they were when they heard the news that Kennedy had […]
